Jaffna Hindu College
Public national school in Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
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Jaffna Hindu College (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் இந்துக் கல்லூரி, romanized: Yāḻppāṇam Intuk Kallūri; Sinhala: යාපනය හින්දු විද්යාලය, romanized: Yāpanaya Hindu Vidyālaya; abbreviated as JHC) is a national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.[1][2] It was founded in 1887 by a group of Hindu people who wanted an English language alternative to the Christian missionary schools.
| Jaffna Hindu College | |
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யாழ்ப்பாணம் இந்துக் கல்லூரி යාපනය හින්දු විද්යාලය | |
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K. K. S. Road , 9°40′42.70″N 80°0′43.60″E | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public national 1AB |
| Established | 23 October 1890 |
School district | Jaffna Education Zone |
| Authority | Ministry of Education |
School number | 1002002 |
Principal | Ratnam Senthilmaran |
Teaching staff | 86 |
| Grades | 6-13 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age range | 11-19 |
 2010 January annular solar eclipse: Jaffna Hindu College students gazing at the sun | |
History
In the late 19th century all the English language schools in the area were run by Christian missionaries.[3] In 1886, Williams Nevins Muthukumaru Sithamparapillai founded The Native Town High School. The school encountered financial problems and in 1889 it was taken over by Sinnatamby Nagalingam, who re-located it to Vananarponnai. The school was renamed Nagalingam Town High School.[3] In 1890, the school was handed over to the Jaffna Saiva (Samaya) Paripalana Sabhai.[3] The school was moved to its present site and renamed The Hindu High School.[3]
Big Match
JHC play Hindu College Colombo in an annual cricket match known as the Battle of the Hindus.[4] The first match took place in 2008.[5]
Principals
- 1890-92 S. Godman Appapillai
- 1892-09 Nevins Selvadurai[7][8]
- 1910-13 A. Shiva Rao
- 1913-14 B. Sanjiva Rao
- 1914-26 Nevins Selvadurai[8]
- 1926-27 W. A. Troupe
- 1927-28 M. Sabarathnasinghe
- 1928-33 V. R. Venkataramanan
- 1933-52 A. Cumaraswamy[9]
- 1953-61 V. M. Asaipillai
- 1962-64 C. Sabaratnam
- 1964-71 N. Sabaratnam[10]
- 1971 M. Karthigesan
- 1971-75 E. Sabalingam[11]
- 1975-84 P. S. Kumaraswamy
- 1984-90 S. Ponnampalam
- 1990-91 K. S. Kugathasan
- 1991-96 A. Panchalingam
- 1996-05 A. Srikumaran
- 2005-14 V. Ganesarajah
- 2014–17 I. Thayanandarajah
- 2015–19 S.Nimalan
- 2019–present Ratnam Senthilmaran
Notable alumni
- K. Aiyadurai – Chairman of Jaffna Urban Council[12]
- Eliathamby Ambikairajah – Head of the School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, University of New South Wales[13]
- P. Ayngaranesan – Provincial Minister of Agriculture[14]
- A. M. A. Azeez – Member of the Senate, Assistant Government Agent, Principal of Zahira College, Colombo[15][16][17]
- C. Balasingham – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health[18]
- P. Balasundarampillai – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna[19]
- C. Coomaraswamy – Member of the Senate, High Commissioner, Government Agent[20]
- Yogendra Duraiswamy – diplomat[21][22]
- B. Gajatheepan – Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District[14]
- Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam – Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya District and TV broadcaster[23]
- K. Kailasapathy – President of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka[24]
- P. Kanagasabapathy – Dean of the Science Faculty, Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka[25]
- R. Kanagasuntheram – Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna[26]
- P. Kandiah – Member of Parliament for Point Pedro[27][28]
- V. A. Kandiah – Member of Parliament for Kayts[29]
- Nalliah Kumaraguruparan – Member of the Western Provincial Council for Colombo District[30]
- S. Mahadevan – co-founder of Capital Maharaja[31]
- S. Nadesan – Member of the Senate, leading lawyer[32]
- S. Nagarajah – Mayor of Jaffna[33]
- K. Navaratnam – Member of Parliament for Jaffna District[34]
- K. Palakidnar – President of the Court of Appeal[35]
- V. M. Panchalingam – Government Agent for Jaffna District[36]
- Shiva Pasupati – Attorney General of Sri Lanka[37][38]
- Pottu Amman (Shanmugalingam Sivashankar ) – senior member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam[39]
- S. Rajandram – co-founder of Capital Maharaja[40]
- E. Saravanapavan – Member of Parliament for Jaffna District[41]
- S. Selvanayagam – Head of the Department of Geography, University of Jaffna[42][43]
- Suppiah Sharvananda – Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Governor of the Western Province[44][45][46]
- R. Sivagurunathan – Editor-in-Chief of Thinakaran[47][48]
- Pon Sivakumaran – Militant[49][50]
- Siva Sivananthan – Director of the Microphysics Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago[51][52]
- V. Sivasubramaniam – Judge, Supreme Court of Ceylon[53][54][55]
- T. Somasekaram – Surveyor General of Sri Lanka[56][57]
- M. Srikantha – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Lands and Ministry of Irrigation & Power[58]
- K. Sripavan – Chief Justice of Sri Lanka[37][59][60][61]
- S. Sritharan – Member of Parliament for Jaffna District[62]
- K. Thavalingam – Surveyor General of Sri Lanka[63][64]
- Thileepan (Rasaiah Parthipan) – member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam who died while on hunger strike[65][66][67]
- C. Vanniasingam – Member of Parliament for Kopay, co-founder of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party)[68]
- N. Vithyatharan – editor of Uthayan[69]